Paymaster-General_of_the_United_States_Army

Paymaster-General of the United States Army

Paymaster-General of the United States Army

Officer responsible for the Pay Department of the U.S. Army

Not to be confused with His Majesty's Paymaster General, a ministerial position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom..

The Paymaster-General of the United States Army was a general officer who was responsible for the Pay Department of the U.S. Army.

History

The office of the Paymaster General was created through a resolution of the Continental Congress on 16 June 1775, which established "That there be one Paymaster General, and a Deputy under him, for the Army, in a separate department; that the pay for the Paymaster General himself be one hundred dollars per month, and for the Deputy Paymaster under him, fifty dollars per month."[1]

The position was abolished by consolidation of the Pay Department with the Quartermaster Department and the Subsistence Department to form the Quartermaster Corps under provisions of the army appropriation act for FY 1913 (37 Stat. 591), August 24, 1912.[2]

Office Holders

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    "Cullum's Register". Retrieved 2015-03-02. His long and valuable services now reaped their reward, he being appointed Chief of the Pay Department with the rank of Colonel, Jan. 1, 1872, and of Brigadier-General, July 22, 1876. This elevated position he held till retired from active service, June 8, 1880
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